Boeing has signed seven-year framework agreements with the U.S. Department of War and Raytheon to increase production of Standard Missile-3 hardware, including avionics and ejector assemblies, at its Huntsville, Alabama site. The work supports higher output of SM-3 Block IB and Block IIA interceptors used in sea-based missile defence at home and abroad.
The frameworks are intended to let Boeing, the Department of War and Raytheon ramp up production before a later multi-year award is finalised. The agreements fit into a wider Pentagon effort to expand missile-defence industrial capacity, following Boeing’s earlier framework arrangement with the Department of War and Lockheed Martin for PAC-3 MSE seeker production.
Standard Missile-3 interceptors form part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defence System and are designed to engage threats outside the atmosphere. Boeing’s new role centres on critical component manufacturing rather than final interceptor assembly, with the broader aim of strengthening U.S. and allied inventory replenishment and production rates.